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07/25/2007, 5:00pm, EDT

Wednesday, July 25th

Apple's third quarter: By the numbers

Apple's blowout 2007 third quarter (revenue of $5.41 billion and net quarterly profit of $818 million) saw the best Mac sales in company history, showed Japanese revenue growth -- if not unit increase -- for the first time in history, reiterated the importance of portables to Apple's core Mac business, and solidified the iPod as product line with continuing strength. Apple sold 634,000 desktops in the quarter, representing revenue of $956 million, compared with 529,000 desktops representing $705 million in the year-ago quarter. An amazing 1,130,000 portables were sold, representing $1.577 billion in revenue, compared with 798,000 units representing $1.161 billion in the year-ago quarter. That represents a 42 percent unit shipment increase year-over-year for portables, and a 20 percent year-over-year unit shipment increase for desktops.

The iPod, meanwhile, moved 9.8 million units in the quarter, representing $1.570 billion in revenue -- a year-over-year unit increase of 20 percent, but a sequential decrease of 7 percent in unit shipments.

Apple is being cagey with iPhone numbers, stating that 270,000 "iPhones and Apple-branded and third-party iPhone accessories" were sold in the two days the product was on sale before the quarter ended, but not saying exactly how many actual iPhones were sold.

In the Americas, Apple posted revenue of $2.68 billion with 824,000 Macs shipped, representing a 28 percent unit increase and 21 percent revenue growth year-over-year.

Retail showed incredible gains, with 330,000 Macs representing $915 million in revenue moving through the company's outlets. This represents a 53 percent increase year-over-year with regard to units, and a 28% revenue increase.


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07/25, 5:57pm, EDT
gee, did our commenter who recently bought AAPL at $140 sell already?
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07/25, 6:22pm, EDT
All the idiots that sold yesterday deserve it! LOLLLLLLLL
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07/25, 6:54pm, EDT
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07/25, 9:16pm, EDT
Big numbers for laptop sales! Looking forward to iPhone's first full quarter of sales. That'll give some real numbers to chew on.
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